Activating Microsoft Reader 

To activate your Microsoft Reader (this is required to be able to open the DRM encrypted eBooks that we sell), go to the Microsoft Reader Activation Site. For more information about Reader Activation, please see our Activation FAQ.

Please note: some PDA devices do not ship with the OEMinfo.xml file required for activation, please contact your PDA manufacturer for a patch to install this file.

Transferring eBooks to your Pocket PC 

It’s easy to copy eBooks to your Pocket PC. You may want to print these instructions to refer to during the installation and activation process. Be sure you activate your Pocket PC with the same persona as your PC, so you can read the same eBooks on both devices. Learn more about activation on this site.

1. Make sure your Pocket PC is connected to your PC (via the cradle or USB).
2. Double-click the ActiveSync icon on your desktop, then click the Explore button at the top of the button bar to view the Mobile Devices folder.
3. Double-click the My Pocket PC icon, then double-click the My Documents folder. (If your Pocket PC has a storage card, you won’t need to perform this step. Instead, click Storage Card, create a folder called My Documents if it doesn’t already exist, and open it.)
4. Locate the My Library folder on your PC. It should be located in your My Documents folder, but if you cannot find it, try searching for it on your C or D drive.
5. Resize and align the ActiveSync and My Library windows so they are side by side.
6. In My Library, select the Microsoft Reader files that you want to copy, then drag and drop them into the My Documents folder in the ActiveSync window to complete the process.

That's it! Now you can can read the same eBooks on your PC and your Pocket PC.

Enhance Reader with New Accessibility Options 

Microsoft Reader for Tablet PCs, Windows-based PCs and laptops boast accessibility features that are bringing eBooks to more communities by providing a richer on-screen reading experience with additional TTS and Verbosity functionality. To enable Microsoft Reader to take advantage of existing speech technologies, you must install the Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech (TTS) Package. 

Note: You must have Microsoft Reader installed on your machine before the Microsoft Reader Text-to-Speech Package can be installed. This download does not change the behavior in Microsoft Excel version 2002.

• Download Reader Text-To-Speech add-on